the feeling of exhaustion one experiences from pretending to be heterosexual in front of ones family.
Myra: Hey girl, how's your christmas?
Lexa: I've watched every "gay and lesbian" movie on Netflix. And then i slept to avoid the fam.
Myra: Jeez, got hetlag huh?
Lexa: You have no idea.
Lexa: I've watched every "gay and lesbian" movie on Netflix. And then i slept to avoid the fam.
Myra: Jeez, got hetlag huh?
Lexa: You have no idea.
by RonnieSkylar May 19, 2016
How a gay person feels after having spent the Holidays with their hetero extended family, hetero friends from way back, and generally hetero small town, on the other side of the continent.
'Phew. I think I'll take the day off, I just got back from Christmas Break in New Brunswick and I'm hella hetlagged.'
by pierreandre June 23, 2009
by MagickQuill October 11, 2020
When you’re extremely tired from pretending to be straight around your relatives during the holidays.
"Man, I'm so hetlagged from having to pretend I'm straight around my super christian grandma this christmas."
by TheDapperSpork December 18, 2014